diff --git a/app/actions.cpp b/app/actions.cpp
index 5e933af780..e7f28646e5 100644
--- a/app/actions.cpp
+++ b/app/actions.cpp
@@ -1718,7 +1718,7 @@ int metacopy(const std::string& source, const std::string& tgt, Exiv2::ImageType
   std::string target(bStdout ? temporaryPath() : tgt);
 
   std::unique_ptr<Exiv2::Image> targetImage;
-  if (Exiv2::fileExists(target)) {
+  if (preserve && Exiv2::fileExists(target)) {
     targetImage = Exiv2::ImageFactory::open(target);
     targetImage->readMetadata();
   } else {
diff --git a/test/data/pr_2425_poc1.jpg b/test/data/pr_2425_poc1.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..19a28882a9
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/data/pr_2425_poc1.jpg differ
diff --git a/tests/bugfixes/github/test_pr_2425.py b/tests/bugfixes/github/test_pr_2425.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..17d2514f0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/bugfixes/github/test_pr_2425.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+from system_tests import CaseMeta, CopyTmpFiles, path
+
+@CopyTmpFiles("$data_path/pr_2425_poc1.jpg")
+class testExiv2AppExtractOverrideFile(metaclass=CaseMeta):
+    url         = "https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/2425"
+    description = "Fix bug 1. reported in https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/1934"
+    
+    filename_jpg = "$tmp_path/pr_2425_poc1.jpg"
+    filename_exv = "$tmp_path/pr_2425_poc1.exv"
+    
+    commands = ["$exiv2 --force --extract XXeix $filename_jpg",
+                "$exiv2 --print a $filename_exv",
+                "$exiv2 --force --extract XXex $filename_jpg",
+                "$exiv2 --print a $filename_exv"]
+    
+    retval = [0]*4
+    stderr = [""]*4
+    stdout = ["""""",
+              """Exif.Image.ImageDescription                  Ascii      11  Test image
+Iptc.Application2.Subject                    String     12  Test subject
+Xmp.dc.subject                               XmpBag      1  Test subject
+""",
+              """""",
+              """Exif.Image.ImageDescription                  Ascii      11  Test image
+Xmp.dc.subject                               XmpBag      1  Test subject
+"""]
diff --git a/tests/bugfixes/redmine/test_issue_751.py b/tests/bugfixes/redmine/test_issue_751.py
index f2366cbcbd..398602d4e0 100644
--- a/tests/bugfixes/redmine/test_issue_751.py
+++ b/tests/bugfixes/redmine/test_issue_751.py
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ def read_xmpfile():
         "",
         """Warning: Updating namespace URI for imageapp from orig/ to dest/
 """,
-        """Warning: Updating namespace URI for imageapp from dest/ to orig/
-""",
+        """""",
     ]
     retval = [0] * 4
diff --git a/tests/regression_tests/test_regression_allfiles.py b/tests/regression_tests/test_regression_allfiles.py
index 25ba4c0e86..75c06e44c6 100644
--- a/tests/regression_tests/test_regression_allfiles.py
+++ b/tests/regression_tests/test_regression_allfiles.py
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ def get_valid_files(data_dir):
         # different output let's try and fix this later
         "exiv2-bug1044.tif",
         "issue_2403_poc.exv",
+        "pr_2425_poc1.jpg",
     ]
 
     file_paths = [